Toshiba offically confirms death of HD-DVD


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Does this now mean that Blu-Ray will be more a secure investment for manufacturers and so hardware and media will drop in price?

I doubt it somehow :(

it has to, as its now poised to take over dvd, if they don't then dvd will continue to sell and people will skip bd as their HD source.

I think a lot of people may be tempted anyhow. DVD still serves me (and a lot of people) fine. I have nothing against Blu-Ray, but digital downloads in hi-def are not THAT far away to justify 2 hardware changes.

Who knows - just thinking out loud.

I've been talking to a number of people now, and the going opinion is that Blu-Ray will remain a niche market for years now. There is not that big of a benefit to spend hundreds of dollars on something that looks marginally better than DVD. The only way Blu-Ray will catch on is if they pay off the studios to only sell movies in Blu-Ray, or the prices drop to $10 per disc. Until then, DVDs will vastly outsell Blu-Ray titles. Mass adoption might happen in 3-5 years from now, since Sony has to build all new factories, which take time. Plus, if they can't get their yield rate up, they will lose billions more subsidizing disc production.

This news is plainly sickening. HD-DVD had everything going for it except the studios, of which Sony paid off to stick with their inferior, more expensive format. The consumer lost a huge battle today. Hopefully Internet downloads will take off soon, and the majority of consumers can kiss these optical formats goodbye.

I've been talking to a number of people now, and the going opinion is that Blu-Ray will remain a niche market for years now.

Hopefully Internet downloads will take off soon, and the majority of consumers can kiss these optical formats goodbye.

Accurate as Boz. :laugh:

Everyone keeps talking about how people buying Profile 1 Blu players are going to get burned, but the number of people that just got burned by the death of hd-dvd is a LOT higher. Sure they play existing hd-dvd and work as a upconvert dvd player, but anyone wants to watch any new movies will have to buy a blu player. This is why it pays to wait for new tech.

Do you honestly think that digital distrubution will become mainstream in the next 3-5 years?

ISP's are currently trying to cutback bandwidth...not increase it. That plus most people (including myself) would like to have a physical copy of my movies makes digital downloads even less appealing.

I believe digital downloads will be the niche market...and actual physical media will continue to dominate in the future.

I've been talking to a number of people now

So have I. And the going opinion is that sore HD DVD losers won't be able to do or say anything to wipe the smiles of Blu-ray owners :p

But keep trying...we don't want the entertainment to stop :rofl:

Accurate as Boz. :laugh:

who the **** is boz?

Everyone keeps talking about how people buying Profile 1 Blu players are going to get burned, but the number of people that just got burned by the death of hd-dvd is a LOT higher. Sure they play existing hd-dvd and work as a upconvert dvd player, but anyone wants to watch any new movies will have to buy a blu player. This is why it pays to wait for new tech.

or just get lucky and pick the right one to start with

ok.. well guess it's time to start shopping for BD players. i'll start looking at those movies that are on sale now in BD that i've always wanted :D Time to start my collection again!!

Hmm.. other than the PS3, what's the other cheapest BD player? Since today is my birthday i think it will be a fitting gift :D

ok.. well guess it's time to start shopping for BD players. i'll start looking at those movies that are on sale now in BD that i've always wanted :D Time to start my collection again!!

Hmm.. other than the PS3, what's the other cheapest BD player? Since today is my birthday i think it will be a fitting gift :D

Happy Birthday :D

I've been talking to a number of people now, and the going opinion is that Blu-Ray will remain a niche market for years now. There is not that big of a benefit to spend hundreds of dollars on something that looks marginally better than DVD.

I stopped reading after that.

Good news for BD/PS3 :D

yeah i would like to predict that the ps3 its and will be the most popular blu ray player. a big win for sony, but dont worry toshiba since you make cell you get something somehow. and microsoft well a big lose lose situation for them, even if they do not accept this, now they have to try to embrace blu ray even if they dont want to, if not they have an option keep lowering xbox360 price to make it more affordable since they dont have an HD player option anymore.

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